Waste and Recycling

Welcome to the University of Reading's Waste and Recycling pages. Waste and recycling is a visible element of the sustainability agenda, we aim to make dealing with waste simple and easy whilst minimising our impact on the environment.

LET'S GET IT SORTED...

The University of Reading strives to reduce, reuse and recycle as much waste as possible to minimise the impact we have on the environment.

We offer a range of services from; the provision of recycling facilities, hazardous waste disposal, reusing furniture and general advice and guidance. If the information isn't in the links above, please contact us waste@reading.ac.uk.

We’ve taken great steps to reduce our waste through initiatives like Bin the Bins and Warp-It, and through improved facilities and communication.

WASTE MANAGEMENT TARGETS

We have developed a Waste Strategy (available here) for the next 5 years which sets ambitious targets along the themes of reduce, re-use, recycle, review and report, to reduce our environmental impact even further:

By 2020/21 Reduce total waste produced by 5% per capita (staff and student FTE)

RECYCLING LEAGUE (Coming soon!)

We are proud to say that 50% of our total waste was recycled in 2015/16, with 49% being used to generate electricity through incineration, with only 1% going to landfill. This is despite increasing student numbers and the expansion of University facilities.

Recycling on campus starts with you- see how well your building did in 2015/16 here.